Blessed Hope Bible-Presbyterian Church
500 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, Singapore 678106
(1) Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
– Revival Hymns and Chorus No. 306
Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Refrain:
Saviour, Saviour,
Hear my humble cry,
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Hymns: RHC 136 Come Ye Thankful People, 183 Jesus Paid It All, 43 God Is Still On the Throne
Psalm 93
1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
Psalm 93:1-5 (KJV)
THE LORD IS STILL ON THE THRONE
Know the Truth of Man’s Origin
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen. 1:1 KJV)
26And God said,Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Gen. 1:26-27 KJV)
When God made the universe, the earth was the focus! When God made the earth, man was the focus! Man was made to have dominion on all of God’s creation on earth. Man only, out of all of God’s creation, is specially made in the image of God. When we look at the human body and the world around us, we see the work of a Grand Designer, there are beauty and order in creation.
The earth and the planets in the solar system move in their designated orbit. The orderliness of the vast universe gives testimony to a great God as the Creator and Grand Designer!
Blessed Hope Bible-Presbyterian Church Adult Sunday School 22 July 2018 MESSIAH’S VISIBLE RETURN Zechariah 14:1-11 (KJV) 1Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2For I will gather all nations against …
(1) Now Thank We All Our God
– Revival Hymns and Chorus No. 27
This hymn of gratitude, often known as the Te Deum of Germany and England, was not written as a choral hymn, but as a grace to be sung before meals in the author’s home. In every stanza is the thought of Psalm 103:1-2, 4: “ Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name… and forget not all his benefits: Who redeemeth thy life from destruction…”
Looking Unto Jesus (1)
(The Author and Finisher of Our Faith)
OUTLINE
(1) Free Ourselves from Encumbering Sin
(2) Patiently Run the Race
(3) Look Forward to the Joy of the Prize
(4) Endure the Hardship
(5) Despise the Shame
INTRODUCTION
Our study of the life of men of faith finds its climax in Jesus Christ. He is the Author and the Finisher of our faith. By Him, we obtain faith and by Him these men finished the course of their lives in faith. He is our example par excellence. And this truth is spoken in Hebrew 12:12.
Carl McIntire observed well, “Hebrews, the eleventh chapter, is deprived of its glory and its meaning without the first two verses of the twelfth chaper…One may talk about faith, and present an abundance of illustrations, even a cloud of witnesses, but unless we have some knowledge as to where faith comes from we are in a blind alley. Is faith the product of man’s creation? Is it the result of some emotional state? Is it the consequence of logical conclusions? Who is to be praised for the glories of faith? These questions rise up and clamour for an answer. These is an answer! The Bible says Jesus Christ is the author and finisher of faith…The writer of Hebrws regards himself and his fellow sufferers as place in an arena, contending for a great prize. The image of the amphitheater with the rising rows of spectators seems to suggest the thought of an encircling cloud. The witnesses are those who have run the race in previous generations. Each has received a good report in victorious achievements or courageous suffering. Faith has been their stay. The apostle depicts the Christian as running a race, a course which has been laid out for him, not not by himself but by God…The central figure, however, in this amphitheater is not the one running. The writer would have us look ahead to the author and finisher of faith, Jesus Christ.”[1]
The Apostle Paul speaks of the reward for winning the race and urges us to press on!
Blessed Hope Bible-Presbyterian Church Adult Sunday School 15 July 2018 AFFLICATION IS PURIFICATION Zechariah 13:1-9 (KJV) 1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for …
Devotion and Updates
We have begun studying the book of Proverbs both in our daily devotional guide and Lord’s Day sermon since the beginning of the year. Crossing the mid-point of the year, we are into July and racing towards the end of the year, I encourage you to take time for a spiritual stock-take. How are you faring in your spiritual walk? I pray that you are appropriating God’s Word for daily spiritual sustenance, guidance and strength. Unless we take time to read and meditate upon the Bible and pray daily, our spiritual growth will be stunted. I encourage you to press on, seeking to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. (Matt. 5:6 KJV)
Hymns: 542 Saved by Grace, 445 O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee, 411 Stand Up for Jesus
Hebrews 11:35b-40 (KJV)
KJV Hebrews 11:35b … and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. (Heb. 11:35b-40 KJV)
The Others’ Faith
OUTLINE
(1) Suffered Without Recourse
(2) Suffered Without a Better Promise